Fixed Race at Fg Xmas Eve

[AeWingnut]

Billy Patin may have carried a buzzer but I don' believe Valhol needed any help to defeat those horses. I always thought the way a race was fixed wasn't by miraculously improving a non-contender but by shoving sponges up the nose of a favorite or some other tom foolery.

Seems like the place to throw a race is on the back stretch. Got a closer.. stick him up on the pace got a horse that needs the lead.. don't let him get it.. etc.

I really don't believe that they're cheating.

Not that anyone here has said it but I overheard someone at the OTB proclaim that the Stewarts want a long shot to win. I don't see how that is true. They want favorites to win so more people are happy and come back.

I've had long shots taken down just because they were long shots. I've seen the inquiry light up immediately after a long shot won a race. They wanted to take him down but couldn't find a reason. Not that they need one.

I can still see Guidry popping up out of the saddle like he was cut off when he was no where...